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[chryseis]

During dinner, Cricket slips out of the cafeteria to set up the Atrium for Cricket Quayle's First Annual Costume Crafting Party!™ With the help of Prospero, Mrs. Acuña, and any eager prefects, she has pushed back the couches to the borders of the room and rolled out various round tables. Each table is loaded with craft supplies; both magical and no-maj tools are available. She's done her best to collect any supplies specifically requested throughout the week. There is PLENTY of cloth to go around and an embarrassing array of crafting supplies from her personal supply (and maybe Maggie's too!)

There is campy Halloween music playing from a barely functional CD player. And remember all those pumpkin seeds y'all harvested? Those are roasted and set around the room in various bowls for everyone to snack on.

Students will run smack dab into this crafting bonanza as they exit dinner and Cricket does her best to enthusiastically greet anyone showing even the slightest interest, particularly lost looking Freshmen.

The event lasts from 7:00 - 9:30pm, when Cricket begins asking students to finish up and find a buddy to walk back to the cabins.

[OOC: I have to go to work soon. Please, go buck wild (deer motif pun intended) and I will respond to everything tonight with appropriate Cricket chirpiness!]

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SETTING UP

[chryseis]

AT THE CRAFT TABLES

[chryseis]

MILLING AROUND

[chryseis]

SNEAKING OFF TO CLASSROOMS?? (you cheeky beasts)

[chryseis]

CLEANING UP

[chryseis]

OOC/Questions?/Comments?/SICK GIFS?!

[chryseis]

Re: OOC/Questions?/Comments?/SICK GIFS?!

[puphart]

I really want Kurt to attend but have NOT been able to come up with any decent ideas! Somebody please help. :(

[chryseis]

Uh, obviously Kurt and Pippa should go as kissing fish

SETTING UP

[birdbrainy]

You a fool if you think Nate wasn't drafted into helping to set up. He probably got dragged off from left the cafeteria at the same time as Cricket and was there for all of your manual labor needs.

As long as that manual labor doesn't require height.

[lfmkarapst.insanejournal.com]

Trixie showed up early having made a few trips back and forth to her cabin storeroom and set up shop in a corner with a sign saying 'Armstrong's Orchidian Adornments' ready and willing to lend a hand with anything outside of sewing. She's been making weapons and accessories for years and years now and has gotten pretty fantastic at doing things quickly but quite well.

She will also offer to not only make something but will attempt to teach as well. If anyone wants to learn.

Also nothing will catch on fire or explode!

[lfmkarapst.insanejournal.com]

"Come to Armstrong's Orchidian Adornments if anyone needs anything or needs ideas!" Trixie calls out acting like an actual shopkeeper in any movie or game ever but spends her time if she's not helping others fiddling with a giant green and blue glowing lantern for future purposes.

SETTING UP

[choneychurch]

Don't worry, Nate! Cecil left the cafeteria around the same time to help with setup and he's got enough height for anything that might come up. He still doesn't know anything about crafting, but he's in a good mood and humming to himself as they work to get ready and will do what he can to make sure this all goes smoothly~

[firstposition.insanejournal.com]

Rafael arrives right on time for set up, and can be kept busy organizing all of the supplies and what goes where. He's taking this all very seriously and talks a lot about the logistics, but that's probably not surprising.

[knightly]

As promised, Ravi is skipping LARP today to help out with the Costume Crafting Party. He's not much taller than Nate, but has no trouble with moving couches and arranging supplies on the tables, as per Cricket's directions. Consider him totally willing to be ordered around to where he's needed most.

GIFS?????

[gdilevi]

[chryseis]

HOW DO YOU HAVE A GIF FOR EVERYTHING?!?!!

[henshinyo]

Two weeks without proper LARP drama updates! Sun-mi is disappointed. But she's also here and very eager to show off how VERY STRONG SHE IS by moving couches around with Ravi and anything else that needs carrying around.

[knightly]

Ravi's taken Prospero's class for years, and has tons of experience putting together costumes for LARP, so he's happy to aid anyone when it comes to sewing and costume construction. While he's got a bit of experience in making props and accessories too, he'll probably direct those people to Trixie, since she's definitely the one to go to for that.

Ravi also has his Greek god costume to work on for the dance, so when he's got a spare moment, he'll be trying to figure out how to do Hades. He's putting together an ash-coloured chiton and himation on a table, and also a book on Greek mythology to provide some ideas. He'll also be talking to any passing prefects about what they're planning to do for the group costume!

[quinning]

Quinn made sure she could attend the crafting party because oh god, did she ever need the help. Last year she panicked and just went as a cat.

She arrives on time via a post-practice study session in the library, and her actual outfit — yoga pants, neon running shoes, and an obnoxious and oversized eighties-inspired sweater (that, let's be honest, was probably knit by her dad at her request) — accidentally makes her look like she's already in costume as a terribly misdirected millennial take on The Bangles.

She knows what she needs: a toga thing, a sick spear thing, and a helmet-with-a-brush thing. Assets include: some kind of sick golden boob-shield thing, a shield for real, and maybe an owl.

Quinn isn't afraid to ask for help and never turns it down when offered, because otherwise she's just going to bring out the cat ears again; something that [VOLUNTEER?] told her she was under no circumstances allowed to do, ever again.

[knightly]

Ravi teasingly suggests that Sun-mi should tell Rafael to cause more IC drama in LARP, if she's feeling so deprived.

[quinning]

Despite her plainly uncreative nature, Quinn can still help. While she's looking for somebody with the skills to help her, she cheerfully charms and transfigures certain items on command for others' costumes. She's also available to patch up any crafting-related injuries.

[gdilevi]

I JUST DO

[firstposition.insanejournal.com]

Rafael is terrible at crafts, but he's on top of making sure everyone plays nice! Most of his time is spent fussing affectionately over younger students, and then passing them off to more creative peers. When he finds out one freshmen wants to go as a ballerina, he's very excited about making sure her costume comes together PERFECTLY.

He does need to work on his Poseidon costume, though, which he's going to need a lot of help with. In its current state, it's a pile of nice shimmery fabric and a box of shells and glitter.

[quinning]

I AGREE. The majority of my Kurt gifs are Kurt looking bewildered at things.

Although after my gif hunt yesterday I do have way more Kurt crying gifs than my heart can take.

[chryseis]

I had maybe one too many pre-shift drinks and now I am laughing so hard that I'm crying a little. Oh no